Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us.
So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.
Today might have seen the biggest physics discovery of my lifetime. I don't think people fully grasp the implications of an ambient temperature / pressure superconductor. Here's how it could totally change our lives.
🧵So you know how the right wing idjits like to say Canada has no stature on the world’s stage?
Well, here we are at the 120th Anniversary Reunion of the Rhodes Scholarships, and here’s our Deputy PMs portrait at Rhodes House, alongside Mandela, Clinton, Hawke et al.
Meanwhile …
In 1997, Eysenck died the most cited psychologist in the world
In 2016, the PC mob came for him
An enquiry declared his work "unsafe"
Code for "problematic but TRUE"
Eysenck did pioneering research on intelligence
And discovered the 8 common traits of ALL geniuses
Dig in👇🏻
Court's sliver of permissible race-consciousness--applicants can discuss how race affected their lives--potentially could lead to an era of ultra-race-consciousness in applications, by applicants and universities alike. Imagine next year's crop of essays...
Affirmative action cases in. Roberts writes. Court strikes down Harvard and UNC-based programs, one as violation of equal protection the other federal law. Lineup as anticipated
GIULIANI THREAD/20
Giuliani can deliver:
Roger Stone
Flynn
Sydney Powell
Eastman
Jared
Pompeo
Bannon
Meadows
Gym Jordan
Brooks
Biggs
Gosar
Gohmert
Babin
Harris
Perry
MTG
Sen Ron Johnson
Sen Lindsey Graham
Jeff Clark
Jenna Ellis
Christina Bobb
DiGenova
Navarro
..the MOTHER load
On March 18, 1944, 27-year-old Aimo Koivunen and his Finnish ski unit were in Lapland, Finland's northernmost region, when they were attacked by superior Soviet forces. Forced to retreat through deep snow, Koivunen found himself exhausted.
He remembered he had a supply of Pervitin, an early form of crystal meth used in World War 2. Unable to open just one pill while skiing away, he swallowed all 30 pills. This gave him an immediate burst of energy, allowing him to outpace the Soviets and his unit, before passing out.
When he woke up, he'd covered 100 kilometers (62 miles) alone and high, without food or ammunition. He kept skiing, encountering Soviets multiple times but always escaping, even after an injury from a landmine.
He travelled 400 kilometers (250 miles) to reach Finnish territory. Upon arrival, he weighed only 94 pounds and his heart raced at 200 beats per minute. He survived until age 71, dying in 1989.
@AssimMAddous@mattyglesias What did he say about correlation? Observing that A happened and that B happened ONCE is not observing a correlation. A correlation requires SEVERAL observations of A-type with B-type.